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How to fix my bash prompt with long lines?

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Problem

I have the following bash prompt: It looks like this: Which is what I want. However, when I enter a long line, it does not break the line at all but rather overwrites the current one from the beginning of the line. When this happens and I hit backspace, everything in that line will disappear. How cā€¦

Error Output

YELLOW="\[\033[0;33m\]"
GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
RESET='\e[0m'

export PS1="$GREEN[\W]$YELLOW \$(__git_ps1 \"(%s) \")$RESET\\$ "

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You forgot to wrap the value of . Bash must know how long the prompt is in order for word-wrap to work correctly, and everything not between and is counted.

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